Yaobin Liu

3.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
137 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Yaobin Liu is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yaobin Liu has authored 137 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 33 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 22 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Yaobin Liu's work include Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (39 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (28 papers) and Environmental Quality and Pollution (17 papers). Yaobin Liu is often cited by papers focused on Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (39 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (28 papers) and Environmental Quality and Pollution (17 papers). Yaobin Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Brazil. Yaobin Liu's co-authors include Lu Dai, Xiaoyi Luo, Huaxi Yuan, Kang Luo, Yidai Feng, Lei Jiang, Lianshui Li, Mingli Zeng, Pei‐Fen Chen and Haochang Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Yaobin Liu

126 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Integrating the MCR and DOI models to construct an ecological security network for the urban agglomeration around Poyang Lake, China
    2020 298 citations Yaobin Liu et al. profile →
  2. Assessing the impact of digital economy on green development efficiency in the Yangtze River Economic Belt
    2022 246 citations Kang Luo, Yaobin Liu et al. profile →
  3. The effect of manufacturing intelligence on green innovation performance in China
    2022 187 citations Yaobin Liu et al. profile →
  4. Effects of digital economy on carbon emission intensity in Chinese cities: A life-cycle theory and the application of non-linear spatial panel smooth transition threshold model
    2023 92 citations Ling Bai, Wei Xu et al. Energy Policy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yaobin Liu China 26 1.5k 823 650 460 362 137 3.0k
Xiaodong Zhu China 31 1.2k 0.8× 1.2k 1.5× 874 1.3× 514 1.1× 402 1.1× 80 3.8k
Petri Tapio Finland 28 1.0k 0.7× 571 0.7× 1.1k 1.7× 465 1.0× 230 0.6× 67 3.1k
Minjuan Zhao China 33 1.8k 1.2× 1.4k 1.7× 725 1.1× 178 0.4× 351 1.0× 147 4.1k
Zhenci Xu China 31 958 0.6× 1.3k 1.5× 1.0k 1.5× 256 0.6× 501 1.4× 90 4.1k
Peter Bösch Austria 15 739 0.5× 799 1.0× 824 1.3× 553 1.2× 320 0.9× 26 3.9k
José A. Puppim de Oliveira Brazil 35 581 0.4× 806 1.0× 476 0.7× 242 0.5× 190 0.5× 141 3.6k
Oreane Y. Edelenbosch Netherlands 22 1.1k 0.7× 704 0.9× 1.2k 1.8× 1.2k 2.5× 147 0.4× 41 3.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yaobin Liu

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All Works

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Deng, Weifeng, Shuoshuo Li, Guoen Wei, Ling Bai, & Yaobin Liu. (2025). Analyzing industry ecological sustainability from the perspective of spatial association network: A case study of the urban agglomeration in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. Ecological Indicators. 170. 113071–113071. 4 indexed citations
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Tian, Xi, Xin Chen, Guoen Wei, et al.. (2025). Management of spent power batteries in China: Progress, policies, and challenges. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 219. 115797–115797. 4 indexed citations
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Wei, Guoen, Pingjun Sun, Shuoshuo Li, et al.. (2024). Trade-offs and synergies pattern evolution of ecosystem structure-resilience-activity-services (SRAS) in the Belt and Road Initiative region. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 211. 107883–107883. 7 indexed citations
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Tian, Xi, et al.. (2024). Agent-based modeling in solid waste management: Advantages, progress, challenges and prospects. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 110. 107723–107723. 8 indexed citations
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Wang, Chenchen, Yaobin Liu, Sheng Hu, & Xuewen Liu. (2024). Can new digital infrastructure enhance ecological total factor productivity? Evidence from Chinese cities. Economic Analysis and Policy. 84. 1521–1537. 9 indexed citations
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Tian, Xi, et al.. (2024). Agent-based modeling for an end-of-life power battery cross-regional recycling system and subregional policy analysis: A case study in China. Journal of Cleaner Production. 441. 141054–141054. 13 indexed citations
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Li, Shuoshuo, et al.. (2023). A new type of urbanization policy and transition of low-carbon society: A "local- neighborhood" perspective. Land Use Policy. 131. 106709–106709. 38 indexed citations
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Luo, Kang, Yaobin Liu, Mingli Zeng, Guoen Wei, & Weihui Hu. (2023). The impact of transportation accessibility on industrial investment in the urban agglomeration around Poyang Lake in China—based on the perspective of ecological security constraints. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(24). 65728–65745. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Yaobin, et al.. (2023). Nonlinear effects of socio-economic factors on urban haze in China: Evidence from spatial econometric smooth transition autoregressive regression approach. Journal of Environmental Management. 347. 118991–118991. 5 indexed citations
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Bai, Ling, et al.. (2023). Effects of digital economy on carbon emission intensity in Chinese cities: A life-cycle theory and the application of non-linear spatial panel smooth transition threshold model. Energy Policy. 183. 113792–113792. 92 indexed citations breakdown →
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Liu, Yaobin, et al.. (2023). Research on the impact and mechanism of financial development on new urbanization: A case study of the Yangtze River Economic Belt. PLoS ONE. 18(8). e0289758–e0289758. 2 indexed citations
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Tao, Ye, Yaobin Liu, Ganlin Wu, & Yuanming Zhang. (2016). Regional-scale ecological stoichiometric characteristics and spatial distribution patterns of key elements in surface soils in the Junggar desert, China.. Acta Pratacultural Science. 25(7). 13–23. 9 indexed citations
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Lin, Qin, et al.. (2016). Impacts of rice-fish co-culture on the physical and chemical variables of the microprofiles at sediments-water interface in an intensive-culture pond.. Zhongguo shuidao kexue. 30(6). 647–652.
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Liu, Yaobin, et al.. (2010). Detection on Resources Consumption Drag of Urbanization in China. Natural Resources. 1(2). 80–87. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Yaobin. (2010). Sensitivity Analysis on the Ecosystem Services Value of Fujian Province to the Driving Factors of Land Use Change. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Yaobin. (2008). Measurement and Optimum of the Spatial Structure of Urban System in Hubei Province. Diyu yanjiu yu kaifa.
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Liu, Yaobin. (2006). ON CHARACTERISTICS AND MECHANISM OF REGIONAL URBANIZATION AND ECO-ENVIRONMENT COUPLING——TAKING JIANGSU PROVINCE AS A CASE. Economic Geography. 2 indexed citations

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